Cordial vs. Pega Customer Decision Hub

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cordial
Score 9.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Cordial Intelligent Messaging is an email marketing solution built around features such as triggered messaging, real-time data segmentation, and robust integrations.N/A
Pega Customer Decision Hub
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Pega Customer Decision Hub optimizes customer lifetime value by providing an “always-on brain” to unify data, analytics, and channels into one connected experience. Customer Decision Hub collects data from every interaction as it’s taking place, combines that with the customer’s full interaction history to determine their current context, and then delivers nextbest-action recommendations. Pega aims to enable users to pivot between selling, serving, retaining, and nurturing in real time.
$97
Per User Per Month
Pricing
CordialPega Customer Decision Hub
Editions & Modules
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Case Management
$97.00
Per User Per Month
Unified Messaging
$145.00
Per User Per Month
Enterprise
$165.00
Per User Per Month
Digital Customer Engagement
$260.00
Per User Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CordialPega Customer Decision Hub
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
CordialPega Customer Decision Hub
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Cordial
7.4
5 Ratings
9% below category average
Pega Customer Decision Hub
-
Ratings
WYSIWYG email editor4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic content6.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content6.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Landing pages10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
A/B testing7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
List management7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Cordial
7.0
5 Ratings
10% below category average
Pega Customer Decision Hub
-
Ratings
Dashboards8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports6.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
CordialPega Customer Decision Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(5 ratings)
8.0
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
CordialPega Customer Decision Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
Cordial
Cordial has multiple options to create a message: single campaign, automation, orchestration and sculpt templates, which are drag-and-drop type functionalities but each of these blocks are based on HTML content so a user needs to be technically savvy. I would avoid using HTML includes as it is not possible to see which include a customer received. The team is fabulous, they know the tool and are dedicated to the success of the business. They are quick to respond and provide feedback. Reporting and analytics are very manual if you are combining multiple days in a test.
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Pegasystems
PRPC is a BPM and Case management suite from Pega Systems. Pega is a comprehensive suite which offers a unique theme of BPM development in the market. A no-coding approach based on rules with inheritance makes Pega a very powerful product but is very difficult to learn. Even, if we go to Pegasystems for training, we have to work on a project at least for a year to have some confidence. Areas where it requires improvements: 1) One of the first things that client's IT department questions about is proprietary BLOB column in PRPC, for them, it is a disadvantage, but as we all know BLOB is what makes the highly complex data model of any BPM application fit inside to a common schema which eliminates the help of a DBA. 2) Another area of improvement is: when using the wizards to generate rules (such as the connector wizards) you have to be careful about the level of coupling between the work object's data model and the interface's data model. This can also create maintenance issues. 3) The complete Pega suite of products have a long time to develop and deploy and it can be easily done using other low-cost software.
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Pros
Cordial
  • Provides helpful desktop and mobile previews.
  • Sends emails reliably.
  • Allows for pretty robust audience rules.
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Pegasystems
  • Ability to design custom integrated campaigns
  • Analytics to provide key insights and ability to tune your campaign accordingly
  • Ability to design agent workflows
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Cons
Cordial
  • Some of the tasks on the platform are still technical in nature and often requires the help of a developer or technical marketer. But I've witnessed great strides towards accessibility and ease of use for non-technical marketers over the past three years.
  • A lot of the templating must be built from scratch.
  • Deliverability insights (out of the box) could be expanded further.
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Pegasystems
  • Pega Customer Engagement Suite is ready to use out of the box with several features, but custom development is always needed.
  • Although new features can be quickly implemented, they have to go through a screening Business analysis process, QA screening and SCRUM based development.
  • Pega eliminates the need for custom code, but there are rare cases where an specific requirement has little to no support from Pega, and implementing custom code can break OOB functionality and make the system unstable.
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Alternatives Considered
Cordial
Cordial by far has the best UI for simple navigation
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Pegasystems
I explained in detail in previous questions.
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Return on Investment
Cordial
  • Best to manage your clients' business.
  • Not ideal for freelancers.
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Pegasystems
  • Cost savings on print marketing and email due to better targeting
  • More timely campaigns to reach customers at the right time
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ScreenShots

Cordial Screenshots

Screenshot of Testing Powered by Machine-Learning: Never wait for an answer again. Test multiple message variations in real-time.Screenshot of Testing Powered by Machine Learning: Never wait for an answer again. Test multiple message variations in real-time.Screenshot of Native Drag-and-drop Email Builder: Build completely custom 1:1 personalized messages in seconds.Screenshot of Effortless Campaign Orchestration: Create sophisticated cross-channel message streams based on simple if/then statements.Screenshot of Up-to-the-Second Analytics and Reporting: Track customer behavior across all of your digital properties.Screenshot of Native Drag-and-Drop Editor: Build completely custom 1:1 personalized messages in seconds.

Pega Customer Decision Hub Screenshots

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